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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 4, . 1920 mm s c. iTED SURGEON, DIES Ex-Major-General Recognized All Over World. . DEATH IS IN LONDON "Work Don Tor British Government in South Africa in 1913. Knighthood Won. LON'DOX, July 4. Major-General "William C. Gorgas, ex-surgeon-general of the United States army, died at an early hour this morning. General Gorgas was considered one of the world's foremost authorities on military medicine and surgery. He fought and defeated the malarial mosquito in Panama and thus made possible the building of that great waterway. He dislodged yellow fever from its century-old stronghold in Havana, and under the direction of the United States government and the Rockefeler foundation supervised campaigns against that dread disease in Central America, Peru and Ecua dor. At the Invitation of the British government he went to South Africa in 1913 to establish sanitary condi tions in the Rand, as a result of which he received high honors from the medical profession In London and Oxford university conferred a degree upon him. Services Much Sought. In the last ten yeara his services were sought to give battle to plagues In many parts of the world. When the typhus epidemic began in Serbia in the war an effort was made to have him undertake the campaign against it. but at that time he was needed to direct the medical and sur gical work, for the American army in France. He was decorated by the French government and made a commander of the legion of honor and knighted by King George of England, the latter for, as the king expressed it to him, making possible the construc tion of the great canal. In the days of the old French company which attempted to build the canal, tropical diseases annually' claimed one-fourth of all its workers. The French were powerless before this pestilence. When General Gorgas became gen eral sanitary officer of the canal commission, the annual death toll had been reduced but it was still diffi cult to obtain the vast army of work men necessary and to care for those disabled by malaria, yellow fever and dysentery. Systematic Campaign Waged. In nine years, by a systematic campaign for the destruction of the mosquito. General Gorgas virtually drove these diseases from the isth mus. When he gave up the work to accept the post ot surgeon-general in the army in 1914, deaths among the canal workers had been reduced to five for each thousand annually. Congress, in recognition of his achievement, made him a major gtneral and the world hailed him as on of tho great men of medical science. In recognition of his services he was made a member of the Isthmian commission and served as such until he was mada surgeon-general. His work . In combating yellow fever in Havana began when he went to Cuba with the rank of major in the Spanish war. When tho war ended he remained as sanitary officer of the Inland. Havana, had been for more than a century the focus of yellow fever infection for all of the northern hemisphere. When he left Cuba In 1902 the island had been cleaned up and Havana, where previously from 300 to 1200 had annually succumbed to yellow fever, since has been virtu ally free from the disease. "Reconstruction" I'lnn Offered. While in the canal zone General Gorgas visited Guayaquil and mapped out a plan to rid that city, long known as the "pesthole of the Pacific." from the ytllow fever scourge and his plan was in proofs cf execution when the groat war began. Soon after the United States en tered the world war General Gorgas announced the organization of the ex tensive system devised for the 're construction" for soldiers crippled in the war, which included the establish ment of orthopedic hospitals behind the firing linos In France, reconstruc tion hospitals in the great centers of America and thy retraining of crip pled men and preparation for resum ing their vocations or learning new ones. General Gorgas reached the ago limit while still on duty in France in 1918. When the war was over he was retired from active service in the army. Subsequently, in 1919. he was head of the yellow fever com mission organized by the Rockefeller foundation, and in that capacity made an extensive tour of Central and South America to direct the work of eradicating yellow fever from sonic of its breeding centers, notably in Peru and Ecuador. King George of England conferred upon him in Juno. 1920, the decora tion of Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. General Gorgas was born in Mo bile, Ala., October 3, 1S54, the son of a confederate general. He was graduated from the University of the South in 1875. He was appointed a . surgeon in the United States army in 1SS0. While in London in June. 1920, on his way to South Africa to again improve sanitary conditions there, he was taken ill and it was an nounced that he had previously suf fered a stroke of apoplexy. the swastika crcoa, the notorious an ti-Semitic emblem sported by Pan Germans as a sacred token of the old pagan Teutons. Numerous brass bands blared mili tary marches as the Pan-German 10,000, goose-stepping most of the way, arrived at the Bismarck tower shortly before midnight. A corps of trumpeters blared pacifist tunes en titled "God, Who Let Iron Grow," and "Thus We Go Forward Into the Hermann Battle and We Will Have Revenge" the reference being to a decisive battle when the ancient Teu tons cleaned up Varus and the Roman legions. Then by the weird flare of pitch torches enhancing the pagan char acter of the midsummer night mountain-top scene, one, Juergin von Ra min, chairman of the German Na tional league, delivered a militant, in flammatory oration culminating in the confident hope that "the day of deliverance from shame and slavery" was coming. Whereupon the mid summer night re-echoed with 10,000 Hochs "for the future kaiser, the new Hohenzollern." The playing of the kaiser hymn and other imperialistic tunes and cheering continued until an early hour in the morning. BIOS WILL BE RECEIVED DELIVERY OF HIGHWAY BONDS TO BE MADE JULY 2 6. State's Indebtedness $14,743,750; Assessed Valuation Nearly One Billion. SALEM, Or., July 3. (Special.) Bids for state highway bonds in the sum of $1. 500,000, authorized at the 1919 session of the legislature, will be received at a meeting of the state highway commission, to be held in Portland July 20. Delivery of the bonds, if the bids are acceptable, will be made on July 26. The rate of interest Is 4 per cent, payable semi-annually, and the bonds have already been approved by bond ing attorneys employed by the state. The bonds will be issued in denomi nations of J500 each and will mature serially, $375,000 October 1, 1925, and a like amount each April 1 and OctOr ber 1 thereafter. Principal and in terest are payable at the office of the state treasurer. In a statement accompanying the call for bids It is shown that the state's bonded Indebtedness at the present time is $14,743,750, while the assessed valuation of all taxable property In the state is $990,435,472.17. The bonded indebtedness of the state, as segregated by the state highway department, follows: Rural credit farm loan, laws .of 1917, $4.-.ll,000. Stat highway co-operative, laws of 1917. $1.20(1.000. State highway, laws of 1917, $6,000,000, $3,940,000. State highway, laws of 1920, $10,000,000, $5,000,000. . State highway co-operative, $2,500,000. Oregon district interest, laws of 1019, $153,750. Proposed issue, laws of 1919. $1,500,000. Total indebtedness, $14,743,750. MiiiiiiiutniHiitiiiiiiHHniiiiiinimiitiNHnniinniiiniiiin Special Announcement OUR STORE WILL REMAIN CLOSED ALL DAY Monday, July 5th aHiiimttintmmmimtmiOTnftitmimtmnmnm E SERVICE BEGINS BIBLE STUDEXTS TO BE TRANS PORTED IX BIG TRCCK. LIBERTY TAX IS UNPAID Frontiers of Czecho-Slovakia Arc Definitely Settled. (Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) LONDON, July 3. (Special Cable.) Czecho-Slovakia claims that it has so far fulfilled all territorial clauses enacted in the peace treaty. Apart from the Teschen district, where a plebesclte will take place July 12, Its frontiers are definitely settled. As regards the provision of the peace treaty dealing with the lin guistic rights of national minorities, it has fulfilled them far in excess of the provisions, granting the German minority more linguistic rights than they are entitled to according to the peace treaty. Carpathian Ruthenia, in accordance with the peace treaty, has been granted autonomy. As regards the financial clauses of the peace treaty, especially its con tribution known as the "liberty tax," amounting to 750,000,000 francs in gold which is to be paid to the allied reparation fund, they have yet to be executed. GERMANS VISIT SHRINE 10,000 CELEBRATE NIGHT FES TIVAL IN BERLIN. Incurutilcs Form Weird Torchlight Procession In Accordance With Custom. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) BERLIN, July 3. (Special Cable.) The greatest demonstration for the kaiser and the empire since the re public's .foundation took place re cently, when 10,000, Pan-Germans celebrated the mid-summer night fes tival "according to an old Germanic custom." The scene was the Bis marck memorial tower perched -on Mueggel Hill, the highest peak in the vicinity of Berlin. To this Bismarck shrine the incur able 10.000 marched in a weird torch light procession, proudly bearing the old Imperial black, white and red banners, most of them crowned with REPUBLICAN CLUB ACTIVE Plans Are Outlined for Campaign in Marion County. . SALEM, Or., July 3. (Special.) Members of the Marlon county repub lican central committee held their first meeting since organization here today. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. C. B. Bishop, president of the Women's republican club of Salem; Mrs. Frank Southwick, Walter Tooze, J. W. LaFoIlette of Quinaby. G. W, Farris of Turner, and Ben Simpsdn of Sidney. Plans were partly outlined for the November campaign and many meet ings will be held throughout the coun ty. "Strict harmony prevails in the republican, ranks in this section of Oreeron." said Walter Tooze. "We ex pect to carry Marion county for Hard ing and Coolidge by a large ma jority." Bank Sues on Notes. A suit to collect on notes aggre gating $65,950 was Instituted in the circuit court yesterday by the United States National bank against T. M. Stevens company. Inc. One of the notes dated back to September 15, 1919. Warehouse receipts for large quantities of tapioca, raisins, milk and rice were given as security. At torneys' fees of $6550 are also asked. Machine Will Make Rounds of Montavilla Streets Every Sunday From 9 to 1 0 o'clock. The Montavilla Christian church Bi ble school will establish this morn ing an automobile truck passenger service for carrying its students to Sunday school, the service being unique among churches of the city. and the first of its kind, so far as known, in Portland. At 9 o'clock this morning the big truck will start making its rounds of the Montavilla neighborhood. It will stop at all the important corners of that section to pick up children and carry them to the church in time for the Sunday school, opening at 9:45 o'clock. Every Sunday henceforth, according to an nouncement of Re. Carroll C. Rob erts, pastor of the church, will see the automobile truck making its rounds. Yesterday afternoon the truck, loaded with children made a tour of the Montavilla neighborhood to ad vertise the new free passenger serv ice. Every street in Montavilla was traversed. A big sign on each side of the car urged the citizens to "Swat the slump bug," and advised them that "This truck will make reg ular trips every Sunday from 9 to 10 A. . M. All aboard for Montavilla Christian church Bible school, cor ner East Seventy-sixth and Gllsan streets." Burglar Suspects Arrested. Enitaclso Duarte and F. J. Ayme, Mexican laborers, were arrested yes terday at Third and Burnside streets on charges of larceny from a dwell ing. The men were eaid to have robbed the room of James Steel, 466 Overton street, on Friday. The in spectors reported having recovered a stolen watch. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95. U mi I1U 1 13 Eight-Pound Baby Girl Arrives. Frank J. Streibig Jr., attorney of Portland, is receiving congratulations on the arrival of an eight-pound baby girl. Mrs. Streibig, who was Miss Daphne Stewart, is at St. Vincent's hospital, and reported doing well. Read The Oregonian classified ads. DANCING TAUGHT All dances taught in 8 thrfe-hour lessons. Ladies $3, gentlemen $5, at De Honey's beautiful academy, 2 3d and Washington. Begin ners' classes start Mon day and Thursday eve., advanced classes Tues day eve.. 8 to 11:30. Plenty or desirable partners and prac tice. No embarrassment. Learn from professional dancers in a real school. All the latent steps taught. Open all summer. Phone Main 7656. Private lessons all hours. Call at once. .A LINOLEUMS AND CORK TILINGS ' Cork Floor Products Co. 202 Broadway, Near Taylor The Importance of Glasses oiBill UJJiMiJI "mm! it r Our Ophthalmometer is one of the most scientific eye-testing instruments m the world. With it we can detect error of vision instantly. J Treating eye strain by means of suitable glasses is not by any means so simple as it appears. The necessary skill can only be acquired by years of close study and experience. There are so many opticians in the world and so many people selling glasses that you are in a position to de mand something better than the average, and we are in a position to give it to you. The necessary knowledge covers a wide field and in cludes eye physiology and anatomy, physical and vis ual optics in their advanced stages; also a practical knowledge of lens grinding. Our many years' experience in scientific eyesight testing is at your disposal. Complete lens-grinding factory on the premises. ( SAVE YOUR EYES ) Thompson Optical Institute EYESIGHT SPECIALISTS Portland's Largest, Most Modern, Best Equipped Exclusive Optical Establishment 209-10-11 CORBETT BLDG FIFTH AND MORRISON Since 1908 DMIB t3 13 It WORKS IN POISON OAK AND IVY WITHOUT FEAR (CTHE Laurel Hill Cemetery, of A which I am superintendent," writes J. H. Brummette, of Spring field. Or., "is full of poison oak. I take it very easily. When I sent to you for a bottle of Santiseptic Lotion. I had had poison oak for five months. I commenced using Santiseptic as soon as I got it and kept working in the poison oak. I am now entirely cured, and, believe me, it certainly takes something to even help me. I had and have tried everything I or anybody else ever heard of, includ ing all kinds of guaranteed remedies. Just simply time and money wasted. Santiseptic certainly did the work." Anybody who has ever experienced the tortures of poison oak or ivy will be grateful for the Information that this extreme irritating annoyance is no longer to be feared. The pain, itching, fever and irritation disappear almost like magic with a few appli cations of Santiseptic Santiseptic heals and prevents other skin irri tations, such as sunburn, windburn, chafing, fever and cold sores and in sect bites. It is a remarkable sooth ing and healing lotion. Men use it after shaving and the women for tho complexion and for baby's skin. Santiseptic is easily procured at most drugstores and toilet goods counters and costs but 50 cents. Adv AOoodPlaceTo Trade fas y Terms - No Interest 2) 1776 1920 In Honor and Memory of Independence Day This Store Will Remain Closed All Day Tomorrow Monday. m pjt nn I r-v 1 W Starts Tuesday! Discontinued patterns, broken lines and odd pieces. Select one single piece or a houseful. Even with prices reduced, Ed wards will arrange to fit your individual requirement. EASY TERMS NO INTEREST Beautiful Assortment of Wicker Both Flnlnhra Old Ivory and llaronlml Brown. REMEMBER I F'.any Termn, o laterewt Even Though Prices Are Reduced. Kd- Genuine Reed Arm Chair, listered old Ivory finish, terry 7 VLC cloth cushion and back9lwvl Ivory Reed Chaise Lounge with beautifully figured ere- tfJCJ tft tonne upholstering . . . . 9DD0 3 Frosted Brown Reed Arm Chair, upholstered seat and tfJOO QC back, now only iDtfJJ Baronial Brown Fibr Wicker Fireside Arm Ohalr, d00 "71 cretonne upholstered.. wO U $39.80 Old Ivory Fiber Wicker Arm Chair, with reading pocket, cre tonne cushion and back Old Ivory Finished Reed Sewing basket; a dainty piece dQ QC and a bargain at w3J Old Ivory Reed Tabourette. has 13-inch 8 qua re top, ! 1 y Qfl priced now at Hl.mJJ Old Ivory Reed Hall Chairs, loose cushion and back uphol. 07 Cfl with Terry cloth I tdU Baronial Brown Fiber Wicker Sun-Parlor Rocker, for only '. . . $19.75 0 Several Beautiful Living Room Pieces Reduced EASY TERMS -NO INTEREST, TOO. Tapestry Overstuffed Royal Easy Chair, back re- CO clines ho any position wDtiOU Very large and massive Tapestry Overstuffed Dav- X98 50 A very exquisite taupe velour Overstuffed Daven- COlO CfJ port a real beauty for wuliJU Overstuffed Chair, covered with taupe velour, trim'd dQQ fC to match davenport DS7.vlvl Tapestry Overstuffed Rocker with fireside back; a GCA CI f big value OO'ttUU Dainty Mahogany Period Parlor Suite, 6ettee, arm tf1Cl flfl chair and arm rocker, now w ItOUV Mahogany with Cane Davenport, beautiful shadow nQ Cfl velour upholstery VmO I Uu Tapestry Overstuffed Davenport, with three loose tf A A ff .cushions, spring base, back and arms....... OlHiUU Mahogany with Cane Arm Chair and Arm Rocker, with flJO 7ti velour-covered loose cushions, each wOi( f O Mahogany Frame with Cane Bed Davenport uphol- 1TJ tZf stered with mulberry velour V 1 ( D.OV Closely Woven Fringed Edged Hammocks Enjoy that shady snot, a ham mock allows you to relax to the full limit. rm'.w i.i ill! mill I!, -)?V-'S ' . II 1 r -a vi vi hAV i 1 V?!5& EVERY FLOOR SHOULD BE COVERED NOW 9x12 Fine Wool Wilton Rugs; at Edwards 9x12 High-Grade Worsted Wilton Rugs at Edwards 8:3x10:6 Fine Wool Wilton Rugs at Edwards S:3xl0:6 High-Grade Worsted Wilton Rugs at Edwards 9x12 Beautiful Wilton Velvet Rugs at Edwards 9x12 Axminster In a variety of pat terns at Edwards, r.-VT."., 981.25, SO & 9x12 Seamed and Seamless Brussels Rugs at Edwards ?:tl.50 to 9x12 Beauarts Grass Rugs; at Edwards 9x12 Sanadorn Grass Rirgs; at Edwards SxlO Japanese Grass Rugs at Edwards 9x12 Japanese Matting Rugs; at Edwards 6x9 Japanese Matting Rugs; at Edwards 9x12 Congoleum Gold Seal Art Rugs; at Edwards 6x9 Genuine Linoleum Rugs; at Edwards Armstrong B Grade Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard Armstrong C Grade Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard Genuine Burlap Back Print Linoleum, per square yard Floortex, Feltex and Pabcolin, per square yard $118.75 $167.50 $109.25 $157.50 $93.75 $72.65 $49.50 $27.00 $18.75 $10.50 ..$9.75 ..$4.85 $19.85 $12.75 $2.85 $2.25 $1.45 89c Easy Terma -No In terent Even Though Prices Are Reduced. f'-)' 'y '""j' " 4: i .a vrf ra. i 1 i Two-Inch Contlnaoaa Foit Brass Beds at $39.50 Indeed, remarkable values are these fine, big Brass Beds. All are TEST-RAKED LACQVER, satin finish; filler rod and post caps are highly polished, giving to these beds an unusually good appearance. The very In teresting factor about Test-Baked-Lacquer-Satin-Finish is the EASE you'll experience keeping them bright. A clean dry flannel cloth will do it. EXTRA SPECIAL Garden Hose, Lawn Mowers, Refrigerators 25 Off. The Goods you need right now. Easy Terms, No Interest; even the prices are one-fourth off. IMLRLI.VK DE LUXE STEEL FABRIC SPRINGS DOl'lim BED SIZE $11.75 Tes. Interlink Steel Fabric, shape-retaining springs that are braced at each end with helical coils and the sides with heavy steel slats suspended on two extra large helicals. J -White Enamel Iron Fds. . -White Enamel Steel Beds. -35-lt. Cotton Mattresses . ..BR.RS and JtlO.SO . 14.75 and V1S.OO $14.75 26-Piece Chests of Silver $13.95 Put up in polished wood case, with mercerized lining. Six Knives. Six Fork. Six Tableftpoons. Six Teaapoonit. One Butter Knife. One Sugar Shell. All forks and spoons are made of nickel silver; knives of high grade crucible steel.. All are plated with pure sil ver and burnished, thus clos ing the pores and hardening surface of the silver. Out-of-town folks. Inclose 25a extra to cover the aver age parcel post stamps. Brides' Sparkling Aluminum Sets $ 15 The mot needed and nnerol pieces are Included, even the Tea Kettle Innrrt. which eliminate buying an extra double boiler. Two-4tuart Lip Sauce Pan rrplacen the aoup strainer ahovra In the lower left corner of illustration. Their bright-as-silver, smooth-as-glass finish and seamless construction make it impossible for sediment or grease to gather, either Inside or out. Just pour on hot water and all pieces are thoroughly and instantly cleaned. Out-of-town Folks: Add 40c to cover the par cel post, unless you want it sent by express, collect. Even though prices are reduced, you may se lect one single piece or a houseful; Edwards will arrange for you Easy Terms; N'o Interest. w4